David Lubar’s books are a collection of short stories. What I
really like about them is that all the characters are different, settings are
different and timing might be different. The stories don’t usually have
anything to do with each other, other than themes like revenge, carnivals,
death or something like that. Some are really creepy and have a chance of
giving you nightmares. Others end up with a happy ending or semi-happy ending.
There’s always a twist to the story that you’re never expecting.

The only real difference between this book and others were
that there were major twists instead of minor twists that you couldn’t see
coming whatsoever. Sometimes it’s nice to figure things out.

I really loved Mr. Chompywomp. In that story and in some of the
other stories, it says “don’t bully or you might end up like this” even though
you know it won’t really happen. It’s really fun to think about. You could feel
how the characters are feeling, like when she’s revealing a secret I had a
smile on my face even though I didn’t know what was coming next. I just thought
it was going to be amazing (and it was). The story about the zombie apocalypse – I loved how
you can figure things out on your own instead of just having it said to you,
like happens in a lot of other books. In Rough Road, I like how you can turn the
regular world into an opposite through fantasy. David Lubar might write a story
about a kid who lives in a world where apples are poisonous, who is reading a
book about a world where apples aren’t poisonous. He can turn the tables on a
story about human dimensions and opposites.